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Politics : Bush-The Mastermind behind 9/11?

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To: MSI who wrote (1600)	7/31/2003 11:55:14 PM
From: Don Earl	Read Replies (1) of 20039

MSI, <<<Machiavelli declared that "the ends justifies the means", ie if its for some self-decided greater good if doesn't matter who you kill or torture. He said the ruling elite know best, must keep the masses in the dark, and at times must "enter into evil" to accomplish their goals.>>> It's been quite a few years since I read "The Prince", which to the best of my knowledge was Machiavelli's only political work. I honestly don't recall anything along those lines in the translation I read. My memory isn't perfect and it's also possible parts didn't sink in, but in general, the work is practical advice on what it takes to be a successful monarch in 15th century Europe. Not necessarily sweetness and light by any stretch of the imagination, but very definitely not over the edge psychotic along the lines of Bush or Hitler. It's major flaw as far as I could ever figure is who would want to follow the political strategy of someone giving the advice from a prison cell. I'd just about have to read it again to see if I could come with the quotes you found, but I think in the context it was written, it'd be pretty hard to justify the actions of the Bush Cartel using Machiavelli as a benchmark.

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